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Republic of Debtors : Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674040540
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Republic of DebtorsDDC classification:
  • 332.7/5/0973
LOC classification:
  • HG3766
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Debtors and Creditors -- 2. The Law of Failure -- 3. Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic -- 4. The Imagery of Insolvency -- 5. A Shadow Republic -- 6. The Politics of Insolvency -- 7. The Faces of Bankruptcy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Debt was a fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the 18th century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers and the right to imprison debtors was unquestioned. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Debtors and Creditors -- 2. The Law of Failure -- 3. Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic -- 4. The Imagery of Insolvency -- 5. A Shadow Republic -- 6. The Politics of Insolvency -- 7. The Faces of Bankruptcy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Debt was a fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the 18th century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers and the right to imprison debtors was unquestioned. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society.

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